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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Klingenfuss Shortwave Frequency Guide, 2005-6

2005-6 Klingenfuss Shortwave Frequency Guide,

And thiswill be the third bookfor reviewfrom this publisher

Thisbookcoversfull listing from all over the shortwave radio spectrum .

There is an introduction which is carbon copy from theutilityguide book (monitoring utility stations )

The first part coversthe utility transmissions. The frequency listingseemsidenticalwith the previous book , with some minor differences : 9 columns instead of 4 and smaller font (8 picas instead of 10 ) toinclude in 161 pages

On the second part (shortwave radio ) there is a introductory text with an extensive referenceto DRMwith emphasisto the latest for that timeproducts and a comprehensivefrequency listingof DRM transmissions

The country listingreminds me the format WRTHuses : two column printing , country is printedin reverse printing (black banner with white fonts ),a simpler formatfor info (langs , start and end time target and freq , though power will be useful ) Once again be noticedthatseveral Communistic countries are marked as‘communistundemocratic’Andno addresses are noticedfor any receptionreport.

Clandestinestations are shown in the end with targetcountry and which are the sations and the transmissions points

For that timethis bookis quitevaluable as all services are shown in once

Butfor today I think the second part I am more interested can be outdatedquite soon as nearly every week ,stations stop or start . And many changesto the frequency listing occur (look at DSWCI !!)for this reason I think online listings such as Eibi or Aoki’s are more updated and useful.